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The Stone Heart EP

by Obsidian Tongue

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The heart of our reality is a great cave An underground chapel to which the gods have fled Where ghost and stone pulsate as one Under the din Of a soulless realm Whose numina have fled as well Leaving only God of reason to rule mankind Lo Another storm deflected Begrudgingly suspended Our protective web Out from the stone heart and through the axis mundi In weakness the only offering they have left Who has failed whom in this world? And why was I born in it? “Cross the starlit dunes Ignominious voyager Rescind the laws of the past to obey the call Your fury will light the path in the stars above And he who shackles your kind will watch powerless As you dissolve your chains and plunge into the dark Great chthonic pool will break your fall For true courage shapes nature And the gods await” Humid echoes circling me Aching eyes ache deeper still Archways of the feretory One by one their shadows will Titulary vapors close in A ring of sullen mirrored eyes Some show guilt and some stay frozen As their gaze begins to rise Di Orant Ut Liberi Ignoscant And above me sprawls a spectral scrolling vision An eclipse and earth sleeping through its occasion Failed gods forging a facade And though all souls escaped, their pity and disgrace Suspend the dream…
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Winter Child 08:47
O Silent snowclad sanctuary My painted world, my framed abode How soon must I retreat even further North For thy winds to still mask the calls from summer’s grove? This beguiling sunsong sneaking in Is but a ghost town’s infernal din And nary one ear have I to lend Nor thought of return to portend For there the reaping never ends And my soul, it is a lonely one A lonely soul-serving winter son And from great distance, great work is done So, silent snowclad place, Upon us lies the dream world’s fate So raise thy howl until the past is erased! Let time erode now Let the blue moon glow Let this great winter never end Foreign lights on the backs of our fatal winds Intruders achieving the impossible Lights become faces and winds become voices A golden panorama wraps around me And I crumble from the surge of memory The life I once lived With motion & laugther & burdens accepted in stride together But I was incompatible and every step was pain Ascension or abandonment Who will judge? I relinquished the self to protect a higher vision A cult of one projecting a grand infinity through the snow This solar choir echoes a different tale Their eyes pour steady But their cadence never falters As they beg their weakest to come back One outstretched arm bathed in light The other moonlit & cold Let my choice ring true
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released February 2, 2024

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Obsidian Tongue Portland, Maine

"Pure Sonic Catharsis"

Introspective Black Metal since 2009.

Brendan - Guitar, Voice, Synth

Ray - Drums

Contact: Obsidiantongueband@gmail.com
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